KTAL
December 13, 2011
FBI and Arkansas State Police lauded for Tony Alamo conviction
The trial and law enforcement teams that investigated and prosecuted Bernie Hoffman, also known as Tony Alamo, was among the 163 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Marshall Jarrett at the 28th Annual Director’s Awards Ceremony Friday in Washington D.C..
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SVC News (Santa Clarita, California)
December 12, 2011
By Hallie Cook, COC Cougar News
Cult Leader Alamo Still Ministering from Prison
Threats, rumors and 24-hour security raise suspicions about local church
Commuters pass it every day on their way to work. Neighbors have reported odd sightings and have been threatened for getting too close. Vans come and go two or three times a day. There is 24-hour security and large white fences that block the view of the housing complex near the highway.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
November 20, 2011
By TEXARKANA GAZETTE
Alamo ill in hospital, attorney tells court
Convicted evangelist Tony Alamo has been hospitalized for
three weeks after a mild heart attack, his attorney said.
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CBS News
November 19, 2011
The Associated Press
Convicted evangelist Alamo no longer hospitalized
The lawyer for an Arkansas evangelist convicted of taking young girls across state lines for sex says his client was hospitalized for about two weeks but has since been released.
Defense attorney John Wesley Hall says Tony Alamo told his family that he was suffering from double pneumonia, liver problems and other ailments.
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Texarkana Gazette
November 2, 2011
By: Lynn LaRowe
Judge denies Alamo attorney’s request to halt civil lawsuit
A federal judge has denied defense requests to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit filed by former wives of Tony Alamo.
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The Republic
November 2, 2011
The Associated Press
Judge refuses to halt civil suit against jailed evangelist Tony Alamo; ex-wives seek damages
A federal judge in Texarkana has refused to block a civil lawsuit against jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, who was convicted of transporting underage girls across state lines.
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Huffington Post
October 18, 2011
Roy Speckhardt, Executive Director, American Humanist Association
The Religious Sex Abuse Epidemic
The public reaction to the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Vatican and Roman Catholic churches worldwide is causing rank-and-file Catholics to leave the church in droves. But concerned parents need to be wary about more than just the Catholic brand of clergy. The public rightly became disenchanted with an institution that claims moral authority while acting like those who it would condemn for their immoral behaviors.
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Texarkana Gazette
October 12, 2011
BY: Lynn LaRowe
Justices won’t hear loyalists’ argument
Alamo followers lost parental rights in 2010 when they refused to end dependence on ministry
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments from members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries whose parental rights were terminated when they refused to find housing and employment independent of the ministry.
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Washington Post
October 11, 2011
By Associated Press
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Tony Alamo followers who had children taken away
The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from followers of evangelist Tony Alamo (uh-LAHM’-oh) who had their children taken away when they wouldn’t agree not to expose them to the controversial ministry.
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Texarkana Gazette
September 15, 2011
By: Lynn LaRowe
Judge denies bid to reduce award in Alamo lawsuit
Minister must pay $66 million to men who allege physical abuse
A federal judge described Tony Alamo’s behavior as “highly reprehensible” in an order handed down Tuesday d e n y i n g Alamo’s bid for reduction of a $66 million civil judgment.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
September 15, 2011
BY ANDY DAVIS
Judgment affirmed for 2 tied to Alamo
Ruling: Evangelist’s actions ‘egregious’
A judge Tuesday upheld an award of $66 million to two men who said evangelist Tony Alamo ordered them to be beaten and placed on fasts and verbally abused them while they were members of his southwest Arkansas-based ministry.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
August 25, 2011
BY ANDY DAVIS
Path clear for auction of Alamo properties
An ownership stake in property belonging to the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, including the ministry’s church complex in Fouke and an apartment complex in Fort Smith, will likely be up for sale in October to satisfy a $3 million judgment in a lawsuit by two former ministry members, an attorney for the former members said Wednesday.
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Texarkana Gazette
August 19, 2011
By: Lynn LaRowe
Defense requests new venue for Alamo civil trial
Lawyers defending Tony Alamo Christian Ministries members and businesses in a civil lawsuit claim they can’t get a fair trial in Texarkana because of pretrial publicity.
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Texarkana Gazette
August 24, 2011
By: Lynn LaRowe
Former Alamo followers closer to collecting millions
A Miller County circuit judge’s ruling Tuesday on properties connected to Tony Alamo Christian Ministries may be the first step in the collection of millions awarded to two former followers in a federal lawsuit.
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The Republic
August 24, 2011
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge: Attorney for ex-Tony Alamo followers may pursue property sale to collect on lawsuit
The attorney for two former followers of convicted evangelist Tony Alamo is being allowed to pursue the sale of a portion of properties once held by an Alamo assistant.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
August 19, 2011
BY ANDY DAVIS
3 in suit want venue change
Alamo Ministries defendants cite Texarkana-area publicity
Three defendants in a lawsuit alleging that members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries failed to protect young girls from being sexually abused have asked for a change of venue, citing “persistent and extensive media coverage” of civil and criminal cases related to the ministry.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
August 10, 2011
Alamo filing says parents are culpable
A member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries said in a court filing Monday that the parents of women the church’s leader took as his “wives” when they were young girls should be held responsible for any abuse the women suffered.
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